New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-23
W HERE is THE LOST RAFT {
ANOTHER STEAMER GOES TO FIND 1T.
REV NUE CUTTERS To JOIN IN THE sEARCH-vA'
RInIs AIKMa ABOUT TIE MYSTERY


RIors VIEWS ABOUT THE MYSTERY.
Il is seldom in these piping times OF peace THAI
an occurrence 1t tca causes much interest an@
comment In Steamship and shipping circles as the
citing a!iin Of James y. Jearys big raft on Sum
dsy of Nantucket south shore LeEtship The agents
~ steamship Ines continued yesterday In state OF
roiidaon the floating. gUddcrlcss monster, and
'NpreSr'i ho anxious hoEc that definite news of It
would soon he heard. Old salts shook their heads
ani tailed "a ihe uncertainty aud difficulty attending
she search There was a prevalent opinion that tho
ran would 'onn 10 pieces despite the belief of tho
l"'co". Of ;ais novel method of transportation thai
Il would hold iChiar together ;hc Il ttrained.
-. Ieary ':astcd Cor Brooklyn bright and early
30 i'f'a' a"1 'Xautncd tho steamer Morse Of Bath,
Ne a"i having found her IN : satisfactory condition
determined H. send her IN pursuit If the lost raft
ne N"'>' cii her Der at II ill., and went 10 Com
munlaw. hero she took in thirty days supply of
.oal hence h, went - Pier 80 & North Niyer
adG tool, in pro, sons and slipped crow Of twenty
ioar From there 'hc returned to Brooklyn at
go = m. where Captain Jttichcld and Mr. Rob
't,0n. h. inventor Of the raft iakrn on board
together VITA hawscis and tackle, and 4 soluble ,et
If nautical instruments. Captain Llttlc6cd took.
his own Instruments and Mr. Icary supplied Nr.
robertson vh powerful glasses. which viii Ienc.
ilae iog. II anything ran. Only abom half an
hour was consumed IN getting all board and 1T
q. O'Clock he Morse again lcf her pier and raircd
her ,c1rch
VENUE CUTTERS N THE SERVICE
The Government & undor an additional impetus
INA s"afrh. Secretary falrrhld in the afternoon au
Ihorizcd The collectors at this port and Newport to
make such uSc of the revenue cutters Grant and Dcx
Ter ss 'he interests of commerce might demand In view
~ 'h' dangers from the floating raft. The Grant
which BE secretary Wednesday ordered TO join IN
he search. could not b. got ready YESTERDAY dcspio
The activity IN and around her at Court ST.. sonth
Eroohyn. captain Davis aid late in the day that
a
h. coald Tt be placed in condition before tonight.
lie thought that he had rather uncertain voyage be-
forc him. bcsSuc of winds. and tides. and cnsrnis
Mr. to'inan, IN charge Of the photographic Ofce,
aid that no man cond tell whether tn" raft would
hoat. and these of his good and Sunccn; lea-
sons: "Souihwest bfce2c.. west southwest stf
breezcs and cold gales have been blowing. all icndng
10 drive the raft edward while northwest winds and
we;tso''hwcsi which incoming report,
increase This tend ncy Beside food tide sois a lile
east of north. ard The chb tide also combine force
The raft TO the east. If The raft fer enough
{ Will run into the Arctic current which IS variable,
and woud take It 10 the southwest. Then. again,
lrncic, from The southwark might drive the raft from
thc Arctic current and whip # into the Gul stream.
This shows how impossible IS 70 calculate where tho
an nay be-
As an illustration OF this Cottman spoke Of tho
OF the schooner Joe TIooher. whose crew the
Tower IIll rescued from The vessel IN latitude 40 Az,
Longitude g. - on December Il. and tho next
day the steamship mbria sigh ed the wreck IN latitude
40 -. Ionsnde o. 30. III, wreck came within
the influence OF the Arctic current which sets O the
southwest
WHY TUE RAFT WAS ABANDpNtp
Eowrlng & Archibald the owners Of the Miranda
ara th, NaiTath over Mr. Leary's statement thai
the Miranda abandoned the raft because Of scarcity
Of coal and provisions. and yesterday they sent out
an emphatic denial that such was the On tho
contrary. they assert that Captain Lesemsn of The
Miranda. camo into port because Captain Lhtlchcd,
Mr. Leaiy', represcntative who on board toe Nj
randa, deemed useless to incur The additional eX'
lel.,ei ha, .oIid have iccn cTahi by further Delay
\ member Of ia. firm said that The Miranda mad pio-
vision, aud coIi enough 10 last sAis days
Tho vessel be sad, " Is passenger steamer am
AN carry sixty passengers ;Vc III rciorc, always haVo
troyi -ou, enough flr passengers. There we 10
p,s,cn.r- tAi, time. there were supiil'' emo u
Mr. I...y's charge IS ridiculous. lie - pia!!Hs
Ittle bluff game. Lawsuit u Nonsense! III has no
ii-. % STING We sc good hiends, 80 We have M
ircin; If aimo,y ia tho matter Why S""''u We
have Abandoned the raft. anyway We got 500 for
every day out and at tina, rate We would nave ic'h
willing to suck close TO the raft But 'aii an
Lli,lencld lbought differently. We can prove that
easily
~. Lesy id not reach home I'll late La; evening,
and found himself well TIED with his day "oiA-
Captain I4uieiicld and Mr.. Eobcrt>on' said h. lie
wise they would not pat me - hi, trouble @nd 'N-
Icu,c Ot course, there pcrlicxiuc' involved
bat / tlul. they VIII b. overcome
NIP. LrARY SILL BIAMEs THE MIRA>Dh
NJ, Lcaty's attention W, directed 10 il' Siac'
mont of IoWlu, and Archibald Yes said Ia. i
have read that statement. We'll II they say that mo
supiby of provisions not short, they en- Ihe
steward announced saturday that only hah
barrel Of Hour was lcfi AMI thsro were no cracA's.
| never would hayo chartered thu Miranda Ia the
list place. had | not supposed that sio hai h'i o"i
cautan whom | knew to be capable man li'
wss al En-.l,h man But h. had been d.>eAa'-' a"d
III, mate took hi, llarr h j. s"cde ~ .oi "'sian;
Nn [ alu uOl Discouraged al the result. On ma.
start alnthcr raft Of timber In t0~ nrN JHh''
laIc hu sixteen tUWs involving r..uoo,OOO ltohl ne
/ .ihui,. AID this IS ih" first miscaiua4r. Al lhh
/, needed (, an ablo ia charge, an American oI
All EnSlishmdh' - .
II irril to inquiries by TEnrME reaoricr i.,t
MIGHT Admiral ChclaId! said tl.lt nO NrNa hdu D'h
received los him from Commander Me- ana 81 lh' IN
tcrnrl.c President Townsend. OF the Nafli'n' ~
change. wrote = letter TO Scfriay whitney lc-'"Iu"s
thanking HIM fog hi~ prOmItness In taking measures
10 rnl III, raft Tho Nj anda went 10 R"'lNons
stores. Brnolavn. Yesterday and viii sail for IiaiitN
and Il Johns January :.